Mavericks Travel To Wisconsin
Oct 17, 2013 | Cross Country
This Week
The Omaha cross country team will compete in the Tori Neubauer Invitational Saturday, Oct.19 at Wisconsin-La Crosse. The 6K race starts at 11:30 a.m. It is the final meet before the Summit League Championship.
This Season
The Mavericks are competing in their 32nd season of women's cross country in 2013. It is also the third year of their reclassification to Division I. They are not eligible to participate in NCAA championship competition until completing their four-year reclassification, nor are they eligible to win the Summit League Championship. The Mavericks will be able to win the Summit and compete nationally in 2015.
The Coaches
Chris Richardson is in his first season overseeing the Omaha cross country and track & field teams as the head coach following six years as an assistant coach. Assistant coach Marc Bierbaum, now in his fourth season, guides the cross country team in addition to UNO's distance runners in track & field. Last year, he led the Mavericks to a fifth-place finish in the Summit League Championship after the Mavericks were picked ninth in the pre-season coaches poll. Bierbaum was a three-time national qualifier in cross country and track at Dana College where he graduated in 2001. He is assisted by volunteer assistant coach Cliff Cisar.
Last Time Out
Kristin Rogers ran her second straight personal best for 6K to lead the Omaha cross country team to fifth place at the Rim Rock Classic at Kansas on Oct. 5.
The Mavericks finished with 145 points in the scoring for the six Division I teams. Michigan won the event with 17 points followed by Kansas at 57. Kansas State was third with 65 points followed by New Mexico State (113), the Mavericks and Kansas City (164).
Rogers ran a time of 23:05.83 to finish in 25th place overall. Lindsey Bruns was second for the Mavs and 31st overall with a time of 23:29.80. The freshman has run in the top three for UNO in all four races this season.
Katarina Zarudnaya was third for UNO and 41st overall in a time of 24:06.32, followed by Ashley Kildow who was just four seconds and two places back at 24:10.38. MiKayla Peck completed the scoring for the Mavericks, running fifth and 44th overall in a time of 24:13.08.
Kristen Carmichael (24:13.69/45), Kayla Fenske (24:21.61/49), Catherine Davison (24:32.26/51), Jackie Mezick (25:58.59/55), Avery Schmidt (26:08.19/57) and Brittany Phillips (27:20.85/61) also competed for UNO.
Top Times
Junior Kristin Rogers' time at the J.K. Gold Classic on Sept. 7 (14:57.26) ranks fifth in the Summit League's 4k top times. Junior Ashley Kildow also placed in the top 4k times. Her time of 15:03.25 at the J.K. Gold Classic puts her in eighth place.
Freshman Lindsey Bruns is the only Maverick in the league's top 6K times. She hangs on to the 15th spot with her 23:03.40 finish on Sept.21 at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational.
Up Next
After a week off, the Mavericks will conclude the 2013 season at the Summit League Championship on Saturday, Nov. 2 in Fort Wayne, Ind.
The Omaha cross country team will compete in the Tori Neubauer Invitational Saturday, Oct.19 at Wisconsin-La Crosse. The 6K race starts at 11:30 a.m. It is the final meet before the Summit League Championship.
This Season
The Mavericks are competing in their 32nd season of women's cross country in 2013. It is also the third year of their reclassification to Division I. They are not eligible to participate in NCAA championship competition until completing their four-year reclassification, nor are they eligible to win the Summit League Championship. The Mavericks will be able to win the Summit and compete nationally in 2015.
The Coaches
Chris Richardson is in his first season overseeing the Omaha cross country and track & field teams as the head coach following six years as an assistant coach. Assistant coach Marc Bierbaum, now in his fourth season, guides the cross country team in addition to UNO's distance runners in track & field. Last year, he led the Mavericks to a fifth-place finish in the Summit League Championship after the Mavericks were picked ninth in the pre-season coaches poll. Bierbaum was a three-time national qualifier in cross country and track at Dana College where he graduated in 2001. He is assisted by volunteer assistant coach Cliff Cisar.
Last Time Out
Kristin Rogers ran her second straight personal best for 6K to lead the Omaha cross country team to fifth place at the Rim Rock Classic at Kansas on Oct. 5.
The Mavericks finished with 145 points in the scoring for the six Division I teams. Michigan won the event with 17 points followed by Kansas at 57. Kansas State was third with 65 points followed by New Mexico State (113), the Mavericks and Kansas City (164).
Rogers ran a time of 23:05.83 to finish in 25th place overall. Lindsey Bruns was second for the Mavs and 31st overall with a time of 23:29.80. The freshman has run in the top three for UNO in all four races this season.
Katarina Zarudnaya was third for UNO and 41st overall in a time of 24:06.32, followed by Ashley Kildow who was just four seconds and two places back at 24:10.38. MiKayla Peck completed the scoring for the Mavericks, running fifth and 44th overall in a time of 24:13.08.
Kristen Carmichael (24:13.69/45), Kayla Fenske (24:21.61/49), Catherine Davison (24:32.26/51), Jackie Mezick (25:58.59/55), Avery Schmidt (26:08.19/57) and Brittany Phillips (27:20.85/61) also competed for UNO.
Top Times
Junior Kristin Rogers' time at the J.K. Gold Classic on Sept. 7 (14:57.26) ranks fifth in the Summit League's 4k top times. Junior Ashley Kildow also placed in the top 4k times. Her time of 15:03.25 at the J.K. Gold Classic puts her in eighth place.
Freshman Lindsey Bruns is the only Maverick in the league's top 6K times. She hangs on to the 15th spot with her 23:03.40 finish on Sept.21 at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational.
Up Next
After a week off, the Mavericks will conclude the 2013 season at the Summit League Championship on Saturday, Nov. 2 in Fort Wayne, Ind.
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